Blog
Making of a Hidden Gem…
Something special today. The story behind a fantastic session by Jeff on the song Drinkin’ Time from the 2001 John Jackson album, 'Big Easy Rhythm'. It’s a raucous fun, New Orleans vamp that sees Jeff provide one of his only non-jazz horn sessions, playing all the...
Guest Blog – Steve Lukather
~Jeff, Steve Lukather and Edgar Winter jamming in Europe - 2000~ I still can’t believe Jeff has gone to heaven already. I know he is still deep in my heart and soul. I was very lucky to have had a brief laugh with him the day before he passed. I still hold the...
Fan Scrapbook – Jeff, Lenny and Me
-submitted by Rich Hwang: It was the evening of Sunday July 14th, 1996. An unremarkable, hot, sticky, humid summer night in Pontiac, Michigan like any other. My band The Sidewinders had hosted a blues jam for years prior at another club right down the street, before...
James Marshall Hendrix
Hey folks! Just a quick note today to say Happy Birthday to musical giant, James Marshall Hendrix, better known as ‘Jimi’, who would have turned 70 years old back on November 27th. Jimi Hendrix was a big influence on Jeff, especially into his teens. Early Jeff Healey...
Essential Jeff Healey – Among Friends
‘Among Friends’ (Sensation 2002) By 2002, The Jeff Healey Band had been put to rest and Jeff was spending more and more time with other pursuits… his nightclub (which opened in 2001) and his other musical passion, traditional Jazz from the 1920’s and 1930’s. With the...
Fan Scrapbook – Concert in Wellington NZ
(submitted by: Jo Jenkins) Hi all, Just wanted to say that the Jeff Healey concert I went to in Wellington, New Zealand was the best concert I will ever go to. I missed out on getting a t-shirt due to my ex, but the concert will always stay in my heart and I had an...
What’s New – Nov. 21st, 2012
Hello beautiful people! Here's what we've been up to... Over the past week we added a new entry in our ‘Essential Jeff Healey‘ series. This time around, we discuss a Jeff Healey session from the 2006 Ian Gillan solo album, ‘Gillan’s Inn’ …an incredible cover of the...
Essential Jeff Healey – When A Blind Man Cries
- Welcome to the latest in a series of entries outlining some of what we feel is ‘essential ‘ Jeff Healey, be it a particular performance on a television show, album, song or guest session… ‘When A Blind Man Cries’ (from the album ‘Gillan’s Inn’ by Ian Gillan ) In...
Fan Scrapbook – Damage Is Done
(Submitted by John Retta) I, like so many others, found Jeff's music from the hit single 'Angel Eyes', which applied dead on for my relationship with my then girlfriend, now wife. Though I was never fortunate enough to have seen him live, Jeff's music has been part of...
What’s New – Nov. 14th, 2012
Hey everyone! Over the past week we added a new entry in our 'Essential Jeff Healey' series for the criminally underrated Jeff Healey Band album 'Get Me Some' and a new 'Fan Scrapbook' entry from Gerd Harder about his experience jamming with Jeff in a small club in...